Chapter 210 Extra

The night after reading the comic's finale, Mu Nan had another dream, and it was a very passionate one. His previous dreams did not have much room for expression due to the narrow information they received, and they only contained kisses and hugs that he had seen on TV. But a comic book completely expanded Mu Nan's thinking, so that this dream was simply out of control.

When Qin Huai first heard Mu Nan's groaning, he thought he was feeling unwell. He was suddenly awakened from his deep sleep. Just as he was about to sit up and turn on the night light to check, he was hugged by Mu Nan. He felt the familiar heat and the squeezing feeling of rubbing against him. Qin Huai glanced at the sky outside. It was pitch dark and there was no light at all. He thought it was still early.

Qin Huai looked at the energetic children helplessly and tried to use a pillow to block them. There was nothing to be embarrassed about this kind of thing, teenagers in their teens are the most passionate age, but Qin Huai was not very old now. If it were not for his mature mind and restraint, he would have been out of control long ago.

So it is better to stay away from him, so that he won’t suffer from both internal and external torture.

As a result, when he moved, Mu Nan hugged him tighter and his humming became louder.

Qin Huai had no choice but to lie still. He even reached a hand into Mu Nan's clothes to see if she was sweating. Fortunately, although she felt a little hot, she was not sweating.

Just when he was trying to find a mantra to calm his mind, Mu Nan squeezed into his arms again, and unconsciously muttered "brother".

The word "brother" was called so softly that the ending tone even trembled, which stunned Qin Huai for a moment.

Mu Nan was asleep at the moment, and all his reactions were instinctive. At his age, he would have such instincts. It was obvious that he was probably having some dreams that made him grow up, but the person he called was "brother".

After waking up, Mu Nan stretched out on the bed refreshed. When he rolled over in his arms, he seemed to be carrying the lingering echo of his dream. He felt in a particularly good mood. The weather outside was particularly sunny, and the grass outside the window was particularly green. Even the chirping of birds, which he usually disliked, became pleasant to the ears.

After changing out of her pajamas, she ran downstairs happily. When she heard the sound of something frying in the kitchen, Mu Nan poked her head in and said, "Brother!"

Qin Huai didn't look back, turning the luncheon meat in the pot: "Have you brushed your teeth and washed your face? Breakfast is almost ready."

Mu Nan walked towards the dining table: "Washed, are we going to collect beef today?"

Qin Huai nodded. He had asked someone to go to the farm to collect a batch of beef before. He could drive the cold chain truck there today. After the goods were loaded, he would let Mu Nan pick them up, and then return the empty truck to the rental point. The quantity at one time was not too large. Many small private restaurants would get goods in this way, and hoarding them slowly would not attract attention.

There is also a large wholesale market here. Qin Huai would occasionally take Mu Nan to shop. The wholesale market has frozen and fresh produce. Logistics trucks come and go every day. After paying and placing an order, you can go directly to the warehouse to move goods and load them onto the trucks. As for who comes to buy and where to buy, they are busy with shipping and purchasing every day. Who would care about things that have nothing to do with them?

Mu Nan felt that Qin Huai was more obsessed with stockpiling than he was. However, the space was big enough for the goods, and they would consume them themselves if they encountered any difficulties in the future. They could still sell the goods, so they would not lose money.

While eating breakfast, Mu Nan flipped through his phone, thinking that since he was going out today, he would definitely eat out. He marked some gourmet restaurants, many of which he had not been to yet, and was planning to try them one by one.

Qin Huai said, "Nannan, have you ever thought about having a room of your own?"

Mu Nan exclaimed and looked up at him: "Why, you don't want to sleep with me? Do I snore or punch while I sleep? Or do you have some little secret that you want to sleep in a separate room from me?!"

Qin Huai said, "I didn't say I wanted to sleep in a separate room from you. I was just asking you. I was afraid that you would see that other people have their own rooms, but you still sleep together with me. I was afraid that you would grow up and want your own independent space."

Mu Nan heard that he really didn't mean to sleep in a separate room from her, so she tutted, "Why don't I have an independent space? The studio and the game room are not independent. If I sleep alone, what if I kick off the quilt at night and catch a cold? Besides, you said you won't grow up. You will never grow up in this life!"

Qin Huai said with a smile: "How can a boy take it for granted that he won't grow up?"

Mu Nan glared at him: "You are disdainful of me! Do you still want to fall in love? Do you envy others for having a girlfriend and want to find one too?"

Qin Huai looked at him helplessly: "Why are you talking about this again? Didn't I say before that I won't date or find a girlfriend? I don't want to date or find one, so you can delete this idea from your mind."

Mu Nan poked at the luncheon meat on the plate and stole a few glances at Qin Huai: "If you want, can I be on your list?"

Qin Huai looked at Mu Nan suddenly, and his hand holding the coffee cup clenched unconsciously. However, seeing Mu Nan's immature appearance, he suddenly sobered up a little: "On my list, what does that mean?"

Mu Nan scratched his slightly hot face and said, "Brother, do you know that boys can also fall in love with other boys?"

Qin Huai's throat tightened slightly: "I know, so what?"

Mu Nan pointed at herself and said, "Then I can do that, too. If you want to have a relationship, you can talk to me. You see, a relationship is all about being together, caring about each other, and spending your life together. Since boys can do that, I think we can do that too!"

Qin Huai was a little dizzy from Mu Nan's words, but after careful analysis, he felt that he didn't understand the difference between being together as a couple and living together now. His mood was like a roller coaster, reaching the highest point but then falling quickly: "How old are you? Let's talk about it when you are an adult."

Mu Nan: "You become an adult at the age of sixteen."

Qin Huai: "In my place, you are considered an adult only after you graduate from college."

Mu Nan was not giving up: "At 18, you are an adult! How about I be your boyfriend in reserve, and be your first choice when you want to fall in love, okay?"

Qin Huai: "If you keep talking nonsense, I won't take you to Disneyland next week."

Mu Nan didn't take Qin Huai's threats seriously. Seeing Qin Huai walking away with the coffee, she stretched her head and shouted, "You didn't refuse, which means you agreed. So we have a deal. My boyfriend is in reserve and he's my first choice!"

Qin Huai walked to the table next to the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room and turned on the computer. He processed the documents while sighing silently. It was really tiring to raise a child who could always tickle his nerves.

After that, Mu Nan began to cram relevant knowledge, carefully analyzing the love between men and women, and between men, climbing over the wall to browse Tianya and Zhihu, and moving from theoretical learning to practice.

In practice, he would find every opportunity to stick with Qin Huai, they would hug each other when sleeping and watching TV, and even when Qin Huai was busy on his computer, he would stay in the same space with Qin Huai.

He felt that his possessiveness towards Qin Huai was growing stronger and stronger, so strong that he himself could not tell whether it was love for Qin Huai or a possessiveness that did not want to change the status quo. But he knew that he did not want Qin Huai to be with others, did not want Qin Huai to become someone else's boyfriend, then husband, and then father.

Sometimes he would long for Qin Huai's hug. There would often be such a moment, when he was eating, drawing, or chatting with friends, when he suddenly wanted to see Qin Huai very much.

Mu Nan was testing himself little by little, he allowed himself to release his desire for Qin Huai, sometimes he would rationally think that this might be unfair to Qin Huai, maybe Qin Huai was just indulging him like an older brother to a younger brother, thinking that he was young and that he would not have such childish ideas when he grew up.

But sometimes he felt that Qin Huai was also letting him test him, not taking the initiative, but also accepting his approach and closeness. This made Mu Nan often feel that all the decision-making power was in his hands.

This kind of relationship is not mainstream in society, so the more Mu Nan understands it, the more afraid he becomes. When people are in their teens and twenties, the word "future" is not filled with expectations and hopes for tomorrow, but confusion and the unknown.

Later he thought that he had liked Qin Huai the most since he was a child. He instinctively liked to stick to him when he was young and ignorant. Even during his rebellious adolescence, he had never been annoyed or resisted Qin Huai's constraints and control. He had never even had the kind of emotion that he would occasionally have towards his parents, such as "Can you please stop interfering in me?"

How many decades can a person have in his life? It is impossible that the person he likes so much would suddenly fall in love with someone else one day and like him more than Qin Huai. Mu Nan felt that it should be impossible and he couldn't imagine it. So when the future was still full of uncertainty and unknown, the only thing he could be sure of was that his love for Qin Huai would only increase and not decrease.

So on his eighteenth birthday, he threw Qin Huai down on her, very tough and not one to be refused.

Qin Huai was captured without any resistance. On the one hand, he accepted the condemnation of his conscience, saying that he was still a child at the age of 18. On the other hand, he made excuses for himself, saying that he was an adult at the age of 18.

No matter what, a harmonious life is more and more satisfying.

When something happy happens, it is natural to share it with friends. On the third day after his birthday, Mu Nan treated a few international student friends he knew to a big dinner. As for why it was the third day and not the second day, it was because he needed to make up for the lost time on the second day.

His friends were quite open-minded. When Mu Nan couldn't tell whether his feelings for Qin Huai were love or pure habit of possession, they gave him advice. Now that there was a good result, of course he had to celebrate.

However, during the meal, one of his three international student friends, Wu Chong, said he wanted to return home.

Seeing the other two were also very surprised, it was obvious that they didn't know about it before. Mu Nan said, "Did you decide suddenly? Didn't you say you were going to work abroad for a few years, save some money and then return home?"

Among the three, Wu Chong is the most frugal and the one who can save the most money. There is also a boy named Youbeli, whose family conditions are average, not good but not bad either. However, he studies music, and the expenses of studying music are really very high. It is really unaffordable for his family to rely solely on him, so he often works part-time and would rather starve than not give his piano the most expensive care.

There is another one called Zhang Zhenlin, who is considered a second-generation rich, but not extremely rich. He just receives money from China for his living expenses every month, and as long as he doesn't spend money recklessly, he lives the easiest life among the three of them.

Those who were allowed by Qin Huai to be his friends were at least of good character. Mu Nan had been abroad for more than two years, and naturally there were more than just the three of them as friends coming and going, but they were the ones he got along with the best. Now that he knew Wu Chong was going back to China, he was still a little reluctant.

Wu Chong sighed, "I have no choice but to go back. I'm over 50 and I'm getting a divorce. What can I do? I have to go back first."

Zhang Zhenlin said, "If it's irreparable, then we have no choice but to divorce. What can you do by going back? If you can avoid going back, then don't go back for the time being. It won't be easy to get out once you go back. Even if you work for another two years and save some money, you can open a small shop and be a small boss when you go back. It's better than going back now and being a social animal and not being able to save any money."

The other two came from ordinary families, so their families had far fewer channels to obtain information in China than Zhang Zhenlin's father, who was the boss of his own company. After hearing what he said, they hurriedly asked, "What's wrong? Is there something going on?"

Zhang Zhenlin said, "My dad said that the international situation has become increasingly tense in the past two years. There have been rumors that a trade war will happen sooner or later. Previously, various experts and professors, as well as some people in society who thought they had seen through the international situation, analyzed that a trade war would not happen. Although it seems that the situation is tense and ready to explode, it is only a lot of noise but little action when it comes to the domestic situation of each country. But now it is different. The situation seems to be quite serious."

Mu Nan also looked at Zhang Zhenlin curiously: "What's wrong? You don't want to fight, do you? If you want to fight, you should return home immediately." No matter how good the situation is abroad, if it gets really chaotic, it won't be as safe as your own home.

Zhang Zhenlin shook his head, "I don't know, but I heard that the country is now very strict on entry and exit. Domestic people leaving and foreign people coming in are strictly checked. My dad said it's to prevent spies. I heard that they will soon rectify foreigners in the country and re-examine their documents. As for those who study abroad, it's not enough to just be admitted to a foreign school. The domestic application alone has blocked most of the applications. So if you go back this time, it should be impossible for you to come out again before the policy changes."

Yubeli hissed softly, "It's so strict, could it be that some of our country's secrets have been stolen?"

Wu Chong was silent for a while and said, "Then I'll think about it again."

There was no way they could come to any conclusion by discussing this matter. Anyway, the only news they knew was that the situation in China was very tense. After failing to get any new information, You Bailey looked at Mu Nan and asked, "Have you really decided to study animation?"

Mu Nan nodded: "I've already found a school."

Maybe his love enlightenment came from comics, so he chose animation as his major in college. Compared with sitting in a pile of paint and creating art elegantly, he felt that animation was more interesting.

Qin Huai would support whatever he chose, since his family had the means to do so.

You Baili looked at Mu Nan and sighed: "I really envy you, you have achieved success in both academics and love."

They all studied art. Art majors are sometimes more expensive than music, but others can afford it easily. I heard that his brother bought boxes of Dabai and piled them up at home. Anyone who paints knows that a bottle of Dabai is life. But Mu Nan never has to worry about finances. Compared with them who have to work everywhere to pay for rent and make a living, isn't it enviable?

But although I am envious, I am not jealous. Everyone has a different path to take. Those who can make it through their own abilities will not have such a narrow vision.

After dinner, everyone went back to their homes, but they agreed that if Wu Chong still decided to return to China, they would get together again before returning. After all, after this departure, there might not be a possibility of seeing each other again when they return, as they are not from the same city.

After returning home, Mu Nan saw Qin Huai had already returned, and rushed over directly: "You are here so early today."

Qin Huai smiled and said, "Of course, going to work is different from going to school. What did you eat outside today?"

Qin Huai completed the credits in two years and then officially joined Professor Mars' working group. He signed a contract and received a salary. Although he also received a salary when he followed the professor before, it was not as much as when he started working. Of course, Qin Huai is not short of money now. As long as he can make money in the computer industry, he will not be short of money.

Mu Nan complained about the meat in that restaurant being too hard to chew, and then told Qin Huai the news he had heard from Zhang Zhenlin: "So the situation in China is really that bad now? I haven't heard what Lao Yang and the others said. If a fight really breaks out one day, how are we going to get back?"

Qin Huai himself has always been paying attention to the situation in the country. After passing the information back, he has been paying attention to it. In addition to the sudden thick fog, in order to make people believe the news he passed back, he wrote down all the major events in recent years. As long as one or two of them come true, he believes that there will be action in the country.

If all of them come true, even if you still have doubts about the final prophecy, this one in ten thousand possibility is a risk that cannot be taken lightly.

Up to now, there has not been any major action in the country, but Qin Huai knows that since last year, the country has been preparing for the future. Many things can be seen from the subtle details, such as price increases, export controls, investments in various high-profile projects that seem unrealistic upon closer inspection, and the rectification of various enterprises and institutions.

If it does not have a big impact on people's livelihood, ordinary people may not notice it. They will just think that it is very lively every year, with anti-corruption and tax investigations, and today this person goes bankrupt and tomorrow that person is investigated. They just watch the show and life goes on.

Some people with a keen sense of smell realized that something seemed to be wrong, but no matter how they estimated it, they would not think it was the end of the world. They just thought that a real fight was going to happen, so they hurriedly brought foreign investment back to the country. If a real fight broke out, of course it was still safer in China.

Hearing that even Mu Nan was beginning to worry about the domestic situation, Qin Huai said, "Don't worry, we must have been in the country before the chaos started."

Mu Nan tilted her head and looked at him: "Then how do you know when chaos will break out? You can't possibly notify the whole world first, saying, 'Oh my god, we're going to have a fight. Everyone at home and abroad, go back to your own homes and your own mothers.' Like that?

Qin Huai was amused by his statement: "It's possible. Who knows before it happens?"

Mu Nan thought Qin Huai was teasing him, but since Qin Huai said so, he must be sure. He has always trusted and admired Qin Huai's brain, but this incident also made Mu Nan feel a sense of crisis.

If a trade war really breaks out in the future, the price of goods will be unimaginable, and many foreign products will definitely be restricted. So after asking about Qin Huai's family savings, Mu Nan made a list of things to buy in large quantities, adding whatever he thought of to the list, especially some of his favorite food and daily necessities. He bought so much that even if the world ended tomorrow, he would be able to live for a hundred years relying on the space.

He thought that even if he returned to China, it would be after he graduated. Unexpectedly, before he graduated, Qin Huai came back one day and said that they were going back to China.